O/T life is weird, Is the Carrera GT the fully evolved 914??? Options

[Mikey914]

So for my day job, I work for an airline, yes that’s odd enough, but sometimes it takes odd twists. My trip is rescheduled abut 4 times leaving me to catch a shuttle the company arranged for to drive from LAX to San Diego. Getting in after 2AM. Long day.

So they have me in the back and I start talking to the guy next to me. The subject of cars come up. Well of course we had to talk about the 914. Showed him a picture and the effect was he was awestruck. Mentioned that he always wanted a Carrera GT. He pointed out something I hadn’t really noticed before. The 914 really looks similar. I had seen the car up close and never made the connection on the styling ques. But then he showed me a picture, and it all was so obvious to me.

Really nice dude, lives in LA and I invited him to stalk us here. @jim_hoyland apparently he lives near you. Told him you might be able to get him a ride in one. Or to just show up for one of the drives in the are to at least get a good look at one.

Meanwhile, after all the excitement last night, I get a call from crew scheduling letting me know there’s a big storm that they think will affect operations out of JFK, and my flight is canceled, so
I’m going home early. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

[Maltese Falcon]

@bkrantz CGT kit car would look dwarfed built on a 914 wheelbase at 96.5"
The Carrera GT comes in at 107.5" wheelbase
Don't forget, the Carrera GT came to be a Street derivative of a race car Projekt that they nixed ; and the center mounted fuel tank (behind seats) would have been a Big move towards Safety with a Fuel Cell being standard equip.
That long wheelbase kind of reminds me of pure track monster.
An older F1 closer to the era of the '05 CGT was
126" (Force India)...even longer wheelbases in today's F1 cars